Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety8#854/924
Economy17#771/925
Housing17#770/925
Health19#751/925
Healthcare13#805/923
Environment35#593/917
Education46#497/925
Infrastructure8#847/925
Community9#840/925
Leisure & amenities16#775/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Troy, AL micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.24%
100/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Drug overdose deaths · low9.2 /100k
87/100Alabama 16.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · low3.2%
85/100Alabama 2.8%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Injury deaths · low71 /100k
85/100Alabama 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high30.6%
83/100Alabama 28.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low20.3 min
75/100Alabama 25.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high35.4%
2/100Alabama 20.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Firearm deaths · high30.2 /100k
4/100Alabama 21.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Median household income · low$48,677
4/100Alabama $66,704United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Dentists · low27 /100k
4/100Alabama 49 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · high23.3%
4/100Alabama 15.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Homicide rate · high11.8 /100k
6/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 72% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+72 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.3% (2015-2019) → 81.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Mental health providersImproving
67 /100k (2021) → 118 /100k (2025)
+76%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
2.5 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
PharmaciesWorsening
2.7 /10k (2020) → 1.5 /10k (2025)
−46%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
4,306 /100k (2019) → 2,494 /100k (2023)
−42%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Troy, AL micropolitan area improved on 11 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 10 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Broadband+16 points66.3% → 81.9%
Restaurants+15%7.0 /10k → 8.0 /10k
Arts & recreation+30%1.8 /10k → 2.4 /10k
Real income+37%$45,227 → $62,123
Bachelor's++4.3 points23.7% → 28.0%

Declined3

Pharmacies−46%2.7 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Grocery stores−35%1.8 /10k → 1.2 /10k
Firearm deaths+12%27.0 /100k → 30.2 /100k

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Troy, AL micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.8 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+30%	Improved	87%
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	65%
Average weekly wage	$8382020	$1,0352025	+24%	Improved	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	66.3%2015-2019	81.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	92%
Child poverty rate	32.4%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Distance to an airport	96 mi2020	96 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.1 /100k2020	9.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−8.9%	Improved	35%
Effective property tax rate	0.27%2015-2019	0.24%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Firearm deaths	27.0 /100k2020	30.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Declined	33%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−35%	Declined	2%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−2.3%	Little change	34%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	94%
Homicide rate	14.2 /100k2020	11.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	40%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,2272019	$62,1232024	+37%	Improved	82%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5372015-2019	0.4942020-2024	−0.043	Within the margin of error	98%
Median household income	$37,4462015-2019	$48,6772020-2024	+30%	Improved	66%
New business applications	8.1 /1k2020	10.4 /1k2025	+28%	Improved	23%
Pharmacies	2.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−46%	Declined	2%
Poverty rate	24.4%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−0.5%	Little change	60%
Rent as share of income	36.0%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent-burdened households	61.0%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	−6.1 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Restaurants and bars	7.0 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	86%
Suicide rate	17.5 /100k2020	17.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.3%	Little change	56%
Traffic deaths	30.0 /100k2015-2019	28.5 /100k2020-2024	−4.9%	Little change	71%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2020	3.2%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	78%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Troy, AL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Troy, AL micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Troy, AL micropolitan area itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 28 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

32,987 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

12,484 households (±449)

Troy, AL micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k26%3,216
$25k–50k25%3,108
$50k–75k16%2,037

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

12,484 households (±449)

Troy, AL micropolitan area
United States share

Own61%7,657
Rent39%4,827

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

14,197 workers (±538)

Troy, AL micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone86%12,151
Carpool6.3%889
Public transit0.2%†24

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Troy, AL micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Troy, AL has 650 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248), with 13,062 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,947. The Census Bureau also counts 2,192 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 650; 2,192 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248
Paid employees: 13,062
Average annual pay: $47,947; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Troy, AL by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	61	18.4	1.00×About typical	1,164	$15,771	10
Ambulatory health care services	41	12.4	0.59×Fewer than typical	510	$60,306	59
Limited-service restaurants	38	11.4	1.43×More than typical	779	$14,886	4
Religious organizations	32	9.6	1.74×More than typical	222	$17,667	—
Gasoline stations	24	7.2	2.23×More than typical	137	$20,131	—
Lessors of real estate	23	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	63	$36,095	202
Specialty trade contractors	23	6.9	0.45×Fewer than typical	408	$58,949	153
Truck transportation	19	5.7	1.13×About typical	998	$41,114	75
Insurance agencies and brokerages	18	5.4	1.23×About typical	86	$98,558	41
Clothing and accessories stores	14	4.2	1.16×About typical	123	$17,106	29
General merchandise stores	14	4.2	2.39×More than typical	417	$27,041	14
Offices of other health practitioners	14	4.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	75	$52,440	16

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 33,192 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $20M on contracts performed in Troy, AL micropolitan area: $593 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $20M; +427% vs FY2025
Per resident: $593; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$17.7M89%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.1M5.6%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$666.5K3.3%
Department of the Army$503.9K2.5%
Drug Enforcement Administration$4,1840.0%

Top recipients

AMERICAN BLANCHING COMPANY, LLC$17.7M89%
PIKE AVIATION, INC.$1.1M5.5%
COMER LPHELPS$666.5K3.3%
ARCHWAY SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY$503.9K2.5%
AVFUEL CORP$8,4260.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.3MFY2017
1.1MFY2018
1.7MFY2019
2.2MFY2020
1.7MFY2021
3.5MFY2022
17MFY2023
8.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$17.7M89%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$1.1M5.6%
Specialized freight trucking · 4842$666.5K3.3%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$294.7K1.5%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$209.2K1.0%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011171/4100033840/PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTH JAR-12/16 OZ,K PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTH JAR-12/16 OZ$7.1M
AMERICAN BLANCHING COMPANY, LLC· Pike County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 20, 2026 – May 22, 2026· 123J1426C0772
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011456/4100034802/PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTH JAR-12/16 OZ,K PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTH JAR-12/16 OZ$6.8M
AMERICAN BLANCHING COMPANY, LLC· Pike County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 123J1426C1742
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011071/4100033348/PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTH JAR-12/16 OZ,K PEANUT BUTTER SMOOTH JAR-12/16 OZ$3.8M
AMERICAN BLANCHING COMPANY, LLC· Pike County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2025 – Jan 29, 2026· 123J1426C0271

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $240.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Troy, AL micropolitan area: $7,147 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $240.8M; −5.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,147; US $12,955
Loan face value: $8.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$103.9M43%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$29.7M12%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$25.2M10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$23.2M9.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$11.2M4.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11.1M4.6%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$8.4M3.5%
93.224 · Health Center Program$5.1M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

TROY UNIVERSITY$28.6M12%
TROY, AL
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY$7.1M2.9%
TROY, AL
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.1M2.1%
MONTGOMERY, AL
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATE$5.1M2.1%
TROY, AL
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF TROY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$149.4M62%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$33.6M14%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$27.8M12%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$8.7M3.6%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Health Resources and Services Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

256.2MFY2021
224.7MFY2022
254.8MFY2023
239.7MFY2024
255.5MFY2025
240.8MFY2026

County aggregates

77%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Troy, AL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Pike CountyCentral county1233,688

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

TroyPrincipal city17,716

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Alabama

Areas based in Alabama, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Troy, AL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Troy, AL

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Alabama

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined3

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought